DVM 2105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Postdevelopment Theory, Walt Whitman Rostow, Post-Structuralism
20 Aug 2016
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DVM 2105B lecture 7?
October 13th 2015
Post-Development & Alternative Approaches
-why to discuss alternative perspective and post development accounts?
-1944; the very beginning of international development theories
-with the emergence of the UN
-with a liberal mentality the world would be a more peaceful place to live
-emphasis is placed on human rights at the end of WWII
-the Charter confirms and enforces human rights and freedoms; cannot be changed
regardless of what type of development approach was happening
-emphasis on the importance of the rights and freedoms of all individuals persons
-was considered as a new perspective after the Second World War
-when the UN was created and after the UNDHR was released, development was perceived
and understood as the ideal of differently nations developing themselves in the way they want
-was a more personal and tailored way of development
-1944 and 1948 focused on human-centered development approaches
-1949; the idea of international development was presented to the international community
-1960; international development is theorized (with Rostow)
-the problem remains that this development theory is still presented by the West
-development theory has been labeled as the mainstream approach
-has links to modernization theory
-1970; emergence of the neoMarxist approaches to development to challenge mainstream
approaches
-dependency theory
-world systems theory
-2012; 12.7% of people int he development world lived at or below 1.90$ /day
-down from 37% in 1990
-less poverty but more inequality
-in developed and developing countries alike, the poorest half of the population often control
less than 10% of the its wealth
-the richest 1% have seen their share of global wealth increase
-trade related aspects of intellectual property rights give developed nations power to
monopolize the market (and charge up the ass for refined/manufactured products)
-post-structuralism criticizes the world’s economic and political structures
-today’s worlds of trade, political, economics, human rights are wrong, since they are
producing problems for developing countries
-how can we move beyond this?
-is different from Marxism approaches — post development is not subversive
-argues that both approaches are essentialist or reductionist approaches (that say they
want to reduce everyone to their own understand thus they disregard poverty and
inequality and say their approach is essential)
-represents an alternative view into development; did not want to destroy the world, revolt,
etc
-want to find a different way and address failures of the mainstream approaches
-false promises of the mainstream theory of development
-development as futurism
-development from now onward
-is a progressive, linear orientation
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Document Summary
1944; the very beginning of international development theories. With a liberal mentality the world would be a more peaceful place to live. Emphasis is placed on human rights at the end of wwii. The charter con rms and enforces human rights and freedoms; cannot be changed regardless of what type of development approach was happening. Emphasis on the importance of the rights and freedoms of all individuals persons. Was considered as a new perspective after the second world war. When the un was created and after the undhr was released, development was perceived and understood as the ideal of differently nations developing themselves in the way they want. Was a more personal and tailored way of development. 1944 and 1948 focused on human-centered development approaches. 1949; the idea of international development was presented to the international community. 1960; international development is theorized (with rostow) The problem remains that this development theory is still presented by the west.
